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December 21, 2018
"The Trump administration deserves strong praise for standing up for American consumers and affordable energy." - James Taylor
August 2, 2018
“If adopted, this regulation would be another promise kept by President Donald Trump.” - Tim Huelskamp, Ph.D.
April 4, 2018
“It is time to end CAFE standards entirely.” - H. Sterling Burnett
July 25, 2017
‘All praise to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and President Donald Trump for reversing the Obama administration’s anti-fossil fuels, anti-fracking rule on lands of the United States.’ – Fred Palmer
April 21, 2017
"I am truly sorry to see a ‘March for Science’ mixed up with all this. It is likely to hurt science and scientists by painting them as purely partisan and political." - S. Fred Singer
February 28, 2017
"I think America needs an EPA, but we need an EPA that’s focused on protecting the environment, not on satisfying the whims of environmentalists" - Rich Trzupek
January 9, 2017
"Few people are better suited to undertake the radical reforms necessary to bring the federal regulatory behemoth to heel." - H. Sterling Burnett
November 9, 2016
In the November 8 election, Donald Trump won the presidency and Republicans retained control of the House and Senate. In state races, Republicans expanded their majorities in state legislatures and gubernatorial mansions.
September 12, 2016
On Thursday, California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) signed into law a bill that requires the state to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions by 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2030, the most-stringent standards in the United States.
January 13, 2016
President Barack Obama on Tuesday night delivered his final State of the Union Address, touching on climate change, energy policy, education, health care, the economy, and his legacy after nearly two terms in the White House.
November 6, 2015
President Barack Obama today announced he has rejected construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, a project of TransCanada that would bring crude oil from Alberta to American refineries.
April 21, 2015
Tomorrow is Earth Day, observed by ecologists and environmentalists every year since 1970.The following statements from environmental and energy policy experts at The Heartland Institute – a free-market think tank – may be used for attribution.
April 21, 2015
Tomorrow is Earth Day, observed by ecologists and environmentalists every year since 1970.The following statements from environmental and energy policy experts at The Heartland Institute – a free-market think tank – may be used for attribution.
April 7, 2015
As far as organic stakeholders are concerned, genetically modified organisms (GMOs) must be banned. Even new GMO crops that would provide benefits to organic farmers and the world’s poor are out.
April 7, 2015
The White House released a plan today called “Actions to Protect Communities From The Impacts of Climate Change,” which seeks to link global warming to threats to human health.
December 17, 2014
The environmental commissioner of the state of New York today said he will ban hydraulic fracturing, commonly known as “fracking,” in his state following a study by the New York Department of Conservation.
October 9, 2014
According to satellite data released this month by Remote Sensing Systems (RSS), which provides data used by NASA, NOAA, and the National Science Foundation, the global mean surface temperature has not risen for 18 consecutive years.
September 30, 2014
California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) on Tuesday signed SB270, a bill that bans single-use plastic shopping bags. The law takes effect on January 1, enforced against stores that are at least 10,000 square feet.
April 30, 2014
Wouldn’t making it in America be easy if you could just pass laws to put your competition out of business? That’s precisely what’s being attempted by anti-GMO organic activists across America today.
April 6, 2014
[NOTE: Patrick Moore, the co-founder of Greenpeace, is the co-author of this post.]“Once an activist, always an activist.”– The Activist’s Handbook: 1000 Ways to Politically and Socially Activate Your Life, Revolutionary Books, 2012.
February 5, 2014
Congress this week passed a $956 billion farm bill that President Barack Obama plans to sign Friday during a trip to Michigan.
January 10, 2014
Almost everyone these days uncritically accepts that the solution to antibiotic-resistant disease is to use fewer antibiotics. What about using more antibiotics? More varieties that is.
November 6, 2013
“[T]he GM debate is over. It is finished. We no longer need to discuss whether or not it is safe. … You are more likely to get hit by an asteroid than to get hurt by GM food.
September 26, 2013
Nowhere is the art of bureaucratic precaution and obfuscation practiced with greater enthusiasm and single-minded efficiency than in Europe. And nowhere is this more in evidence than in Europe’s battle against technological progress in farming.
July 19, 2013
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) prohibits synthetic nitrogen fertilizer in organic production and encourages natural compost. But it does not test for un-composted feces, relying instead on record-keeping and record-checking.
July 7, 2013
A recent hepatitis outbreak in USDA “certified-organic” frozen berry mix has people worrying and wondering what steps are being taken to ensure that organic food is safe. Unfortunately, not many.
March 4, 2013
President Barack Obama told reporters Monday morning he is choosing EPA Assistant Administrator Gina McCarthy to succeed Lisa Jackson as head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
February 14, 2013
Sens. Bernie Sanders and Barbara Boxer today introduced a bill to tax carbon emissions on entities such as coal mines, oil refineries, and natural gas processing points.
November 28, 2012
Editor’s Note: This is the fourth and final installment in a series of articles by Mischa Popoff and Jay Lehr on modern agriculture and organic farming.With only rare exceptions, all food production is completely unnatural.
November 15, 2012
Heartland Institute Reacts toNew Federal Organic Certification Rule
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October 1, 2012
Editor’s Note: This is the third in a series of articles by Mischa Popoff and Jay Lehr on modern agriculture and organic farming.
September 24, 2012
A study reported in the journal Nature shows it’s time to put the thirty years' war between organic and conventional agriculture behind us.
September 9, 2012
Editor’s Note: This is the second in a series of articles by Mischa Popoff and Jay Lehr on modern agriculture and organic farming. Part 1 is here.
September 4, 2012
Dr. Dena Bravata, a senior research affiliate at Stanford University, today released a study indicating organic food is no better than regular food. (See: “Are Organic Foods Safer or Healthier Than Conventional Alternatives?
August 30, 2012
The United States Department of Agriculture Advisory Committee on Biotechnology and 21st Century Agriculture (AC21) this week agreed to a compensation process for farmers who can prove they suffered economic losses from the presence of genetically
